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| Keywords: Egyptian - Private Name Seal of Reni-seneb - Walters 4240 - Bottom.jpg This steatite scarab is inscribed on the flat underside with vertically arranged column writing that name an individual and make a statement of social status The top is carved with a detailed design in deep lines with regular flow The piece is simply made and the workmanship is slightly rough The scarab functioned as a private name seal and user individualized amulet and was originally mounted or threaded The amulet should guarantee constancy of individual existence and social status The name Reni-seneb was very popular in the Middle Kingdom between 1794 1648 BC late Middle Kingdom beige steatite with green-blue glaze cm 0 9 1 6 2 4 accession number 42 40 26216 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Transcription Overseer of the office of calculations and distributions Reni- seneb the justified one The flower bunch for the phrase the justified one is reversed Secret Signs Egyptian Writing The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2003-2004 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian scarabs in the Walters Art Museum Hieroglyphs on scarabs Tongue animal hieroglyph Pustule hieroglyph House pr hieroglyph Knife sharpener hieroglyph | ||||
